Lime Coriander Soup

Ingredients

• for stock
• 7 1/2 cups water (veg version) or 7 1/2 cups prepared chicken stock (non veg version)
• 6 bunches fresh coriander, roots clipped with about two inches stems (root has the basic flavor)
• 1/2 lemon, zest of, grated a
• 6 peppercorns
• 2 inches gingerroot, skin
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• for soup
• 6 1/2 cups prepared stock (from the above ingredients)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 beans (almost shredded)
• 1/2 small carrot (cut in round very thin slices then halve it in semi circles)
• 1 mushroom (almost shredded)
• 1 teaspoon green portion green onion (almost shredded)
• 1 garlic clove, chopped (please don't exceed this soup should be tasting of lemon and coriander garlic and ginger if exceeded)
• 2 leaves cabbage (hard portion removed finely shredded)
• 2 spinach leaves (finely shredded)
• 1/2 cup coriander leaves (cilantro)
• 1/3 cup coriander leaves (cilantro)
• 5 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon msg
• 1/3 teaspoon white pepper or 3 green chilies, finely shredded
• 4 teaspoons cornflour
• 1/4 cup water (for mixing cornflour)
• 1/2 cup shredded cooked chicken (if using non veg version)